Germs are everywhere, this concise but information-packed volume tells young readers. The amply illustrated volume explores the physical makeup of germs; how they cause disease and how modern disease detectives identify them and work to prevent or contain disease epidemics; as well as useful germs and how they are used in such industries as food production and sewage treatment.

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Reviewed with P. M. Boekhoff and Stuart Kallen's Lasers.

Gr. 4-5. These two titles in the KidHaven Science Library series offer wide-angle overviews of their topics. Nardo defines germs in the broadest possible way, including not only viruses and bacteria but also protozoans, microscopic fungi, and even algae; he emphasizes that, while many of these engender diseases, most are harmless or even beneficial to humans. Boekhoff and Kallen discuss lasers from Einstein's description of their basic principles to today's pervasive devices, tallying their uses in medicine, recreation, military endeavors, and heavy and fine industry. The color photos in the volumes are more decorative than enlightening, but both books close with lists of recent resources, and Lasers cites a (commercial) Web site, too. The level of detail in Germs makes it a good follow-up to Melvin Berger's Germs Make Me Sick! (1995), and Lasers is an acceptable alternative or companion for several titles currently in print. John Peters
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